The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-01-01

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| land,n and am proud to state that old Car
! roll furnishes twothirds of the portraits and
one-half of the Times ''Men of Mark, who
are highly spoken of as probable Governors
| of this grand old commonwealth. The editor
commences with Col. L. V. Baughman, Who
made gallant but unsuccessful fight in the
Sixth District during the last campaign, and
| ends with Hon. Stevenson Archer, Hartford s
able statesman, but among the most promi-
nent in the galaxy of gubernatorial possibili-
| ties, our county Of Carroll furnishes two hon
ored and noble sons-"Men of Mark in their
own homes and "Men of Mark" throughout
| the borders of the state.
| HON. CHAs. B. ROBERTS,
who is first named, has time and again been
honored by the people of this county, Con-
gressional district and the entire state, and
upon each occasion has merited in the fullest
extent: swell done, good and faithful SER
want" quote from the Times: "Mr. Rob-
erts has not as yet authorized his friends to
make any plans for his political future, and
his candidacy for the Governorship cannot
therefore be announced No doubt if the
name of Mr.. Roberts could be used as to unite
the party, and he was rendered the nomina-
ton without factional contest he would
accept, but l am inclined to think, from the
present outlook, he will not enter the political
arena, when the charge is already made that
his canvass would only be construed as per-
sonal fight to defeat the aspirations of some
other candidate. cannot for one, think that
there is any truth in the assertion, as / know
the man too well, and know him to be above
petty jealousy. The persons who use this
now threadbare subterfuge to belittle him
know as we'll as | do that the gentleman,
against whom it is intimated that Mr.. Roberts
proposes to politically kill upon personal
grounds, is a fast, firm, tried and true friend
of Mr. Roberts, personally and politically, and
that there never has, and believe never will
be, the least discord, politically or personally,
between them, and could not possibly be
| otherwise, as this gentleman has on all occa-
sions supported Mr.. Roberts and his friends
for any political honors they have ever sought
through the aid of Carroll county, and every
one is well aware that the Hon. Charles B.
Roberts is not ungrateful to his friends, nor is
he relentless to enemies, and those who are
trolling the sweet morsel under their tongue
that he can be used as tool to kill the polit-
zeal aspirations of any son of Carroll ''count
without their host He would sooner yield
any personal ambition of his own than to
jeopardize the fair fame of any man upon his
native heath among the hills of Carroll county.
Now those who talk much and know little will
cease, and forever hold their peace. Such
county delegates to the state convention, but
he stands no possible chance for the nominal
ton himself, and he knows it, but he can
keep somebody else from getting Carrolls
vote for the gubernatorial honors." ] asked
one of these smart people what advantage
would that be to Mr.. Roberts? His answer
was slow, very slow and long wink, which
might mean good deal or nothing, most
probably the latter. Ny answer to the afore
said "wink'' was that positively knew, from
the very best authority, that Hon. Chas. B.
Roberts would enter into no such nefarious
transactions for any such contemplate pur-
,Lpese aud that the record of Mr.. Roberts had
1 always BEEN - he Democratic party in
Carroll county, and not fo-Vselessly attempt
TO create factional disputes for-selfsh pur-
poses; and | further said that v
/ Congressional district convent
/ convention, showed the least
any worthy man of Carroll "a
erts would be found in the fir
| in the interests and to the
that man.
FRANK BROWN,
| another noble son of Carroll, 45AS11S44
/ prominently mentioned by the Times as one
of the ''Men of Mark who will more sqn
likely receive the gubernatorial nomination,
! the hands of the Democracy of Maryland.
/ Of course we in this section of the county
take pardonable pride in the success of our
fellow citizen to the highest honors which can
! be conferred on him by the people of the
state. He is thoroughly one of us in all the
aspects of our business, social and political life.
! No man has done more for for the improve
ment and advancement in this community
than Mr.. Brown. On every hilltop and down
in the vale is some evidence of his activity and
progress in the pursuits of rural life. As an
| agriculturist in the truest sense of the word,
none have taken a deeper interest in devel-
oping the vast resources which tend to the
fennaneenet Of Ma 1+s1rylaad fatras aud the I,Ea.
gress of Maryland farmers. By example,
precept and experiments he has shown that
Upon the soil Of his native land can be pro-
duced in quality and quantity to the acreage
as much cereal as in any section of the Union,
and that thoroughbred stock, cattle, &c, can
| be made to pay handsomely when properly
cared for. He is no book theorist, filled with
fancy notions, but being to the ''manner
born" and from early boyhood following in
the path of the pillow, he is a practical farmer
NOT one of those welded to the humdrum
| of life, and farm as our fathers farmed, for
| the sake of doing as they did only because
| they did it, but being active, live and wide
awake, has taken advantage of every mechan-
ieal appliance which can save labor and
economic time, and to-day is occupying the
proud position of being amongst the foremost
farmers of the state. The Maryland Agricui-
| tural Association Twas on its last legs" when
he succeeded to the management and became
its President. The same indomitable pluck
and energy which characterized him as a
| farmer with advanced practical views and
ideas brought order out of chaos, and placed
that organization firmly on its feet, and now
in the course of a year or tSo will be Of the
! utmost importance to all branches of agricul-
tural industries within the borders of our state.
have spoken Of him as neighbor, farmer,
man. Now let US take him as public man,
engaged in the public business. A record as
clean, clear and consistent as any man ever
honored by the people of Carroll. The first
| political position ever held by him was as
clerk in the state tobacco warehouse, where
he made a record of fidelity to trusts and
strict attention to official duties that he re-
ceived special thanks from his superior off,
DER. IN 1875 and 1878 he was elected from
this county to the Legislature, and while no
s'spread eagle orator." that same character.
istie habits of indastry and perseverance,
which has ever been his, thel>eane into full
| play. and, though a young man, occnP4ed- 9
| position in the front ranks among the solid
men and leaders of the lower House. Espe
cially in the committee rooms was his influence
felt, by the practical suggestions he gave as to
the utility of many important measures, which
were at that time attracting the attention of
the people of the state. The last official 20
aition, rendered him by President Cleveland,
has been filed in such manner as to cause
his friends to feel proud of his record, and
which has silenced his critics. His executive
ability has called the attention of the highest
authorities in Washington to publicly, through
the public press, commencing his industrious
and practical workings of such intricate and
enormous details. The improvements and
suggestions he has made were of that business
| like character that at once commanded re-
spect, then attention, then authority to exc
cute the same, and in many instances leaving
| improvements alone to his own individual
/ jud gment, something never happening before in
the history of the department. lcould go on
and enumerate by detail the careful, industri-
Gus, practical methods of Baltimore's postmas:
| ter-which would fill column after column Of
your valuable paper-hut enough has been
said TO convince any one that Mr.. Brown is
| e Al Of aha